Getting back to real life

Tonight, 12/22, marks one more step towards cycle completion, one more step towards life back to its "new normal," and one more step towards healing.

I returned to work tonight (12/22) after over 6 months away from my job and career that I love. Nine months ago, the fragile life I had built fell apart like a house of cards. And I learned along the way as life kept handing me blow after blow, to stop building with cards and straw. At the end of May, I experienced something that rocked my world yet again. But this time, I knew what wasn't working. I dug in, I looked at me, I looked at my shadows, I learned to love me. I learned to nurture me. It is through learning to do these things for myself, and not relying on another to meet these needs, that I am able to grow even more than I previously thought possible. I was fragile before but I had no idea how strong I actually was. And now I do, and I will use my strength to guard my fragility. I will guard the softness of my heart fiercely. I will not allow my past to keep me from embracing my future